Originally Posted by
JoeRip
I may have wandered in my question here. What I specifically want to know is: is there a problem with transcoding from a lossless format to another format, the way there is when transcoding from a lossy format to another format?
In other words, I have three choices here:
1. when I need a song in a "new" format, always break out the CD and re-rip to that format. Disadvantage: re-ripping every time.
2. the first time I rip a CD, just copy the AIFF file (or rip to WAV), and store that. Whenever I need a song in a "new" format, I use dmc to convert from AIFF (or WAV) to that new format. Disadvantage: storage of AIFF/WAV is about 30% larger than a lossless but compressed format.
3. the first time I rip a CD, I rip to a Lossless format (WMA or AAC, etc). Whenever I need a song in a "new" format, I use dmc to convert from the Lossless format to the desired format. Advantage: 30% saving in storage.
The only question here is: am I losing sound quality when going from a Lossless but still "specific" format (like WMA Lossless) to a different format (like MP3) rather than re-ripping to the new format (like MP3)?
Thanks,
Joe